Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)

Cedar River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Green Bay
• elevation	581 ft (177 m)[1]
Basin features
River system	Lake Michigan

Cedar River (also known as the Big Cedar River)^[1] is a 67.1-mile-long (108.0 km)^[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in the northern part of Menominee County at 45°53′18″N 87°35′15″W / 45.88833°N 87.58750°W / 45.88833; -87.58750 (Cedar River (source))^[1] and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay of Lake Michigan at 45°24′35″N 87°21′05″W / 45.40972°N 87.35139°W / 45.40972; -87.35139 (Cedar River (mouth))^[1] in the community of Cedar River.

The Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Menominee River, also flows mostly southward in Menominee County approximately 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) west of the Cedar River.

From the mouth:

• (left) Walton River^[3]
  • (right) Westman Lake^[4]
  • North Lake^[5]
    • Crystal Brook^[6]
    • Weary Creek^[7]
    • Big Brook^[8]
      • (left) Little Lake^[9]
        • Hayward Lake^[10]
          • Hayward Creek^[11]
          • Myers Lake^[12]
      • (right) Baird Creek^[13]
      • (right) Grant Brook^[14]
      • (left) Wagner Lake^[15]
• (left) Elwood Creek^[16]
  • (left) West Ellwood Creek^[17]
  • (right) Mill Creek^[18]
  • (right) Dry Creek^[19]
• (left) Devils Creek^[20]
  • (right) Camp H Creek^[21]
  • (left) Crawford Creek^[22]
• (right) Brill Brook^[23]
• (right) Degraves Creek (also known as Degroves Creek)^[24]
• (left) Collard Creek^[25]
• (left) Crooked Creek^[26]
• (right) Depas Creek^[27]
  • (left) Advent Creek^[28]
• (left) Mashek Creek^[29]
• (left) Brook Creek^[30]
  • (right) Knap Creek^[31]
    • Kitchners Lake^[32]
  • (left) Gordon Creek^[33]
• (right) Houle Creek^[34]
• (right) Fortyseven Mile Creek^[35]
  • (right) Whitney Creek^[36]
• (left) Gorginski Creek^[37]
• (right) Wilson Creek^[38]
  • (right) Arnold Lake^[39]
  • (right) Indian Creek^[40]
    • Indian Lake^[41]
    • Little Indian Lake^[42]
• (left) Reed Brook^[43]
  • Reed Lake^[44]
• (left) Alder Brook^[45]
  • Wheeler Lake^[46]
• (left) West Branch Cedar River^[47]
  • (left) Beaver Dam Creek^[48]
  • (left) Menard Creek^[49]
  • (left) Lake Number Eighteen^[50]
  • (left) Vega Creek^[51]
  • (right) Spruce Creek^[52]
    • Spruce Lake^[53]
• (left) Pittsburg Creek^[54]
• (left) Labre Creek^[55]
• (left) Nacomis Creek^[56]

The Cedar River drains all or portions of the following:

• Delta County
  • Bark River Township
• Menominee County
  • Cedarville Township
  • Daggett Township
  • Gourley Township
  • Harris Township
  • Ingallston Township
  • Meyer Township
  • Nadeau Township
  • Village of Powers
  • Spalding Township
  • Stephenson Township